Patent GB-412210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to means for loading and transporting vehicles and the like onrailway wagons
IPC: B60P3/07
Filed: 1932-12-17
Abstract: 412,210. Transporting road vehicles by rail. PORTE, A. P. R., Les OrdonniÚres par La FertÚ-Imbault, Loir-et-Cher, France. Dec. 17, 1932, No. 35843. Convention date, Nov. 9. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, June 19, 1933.] [Class 78 (iv).] Vehicles are loaded on to railway wagons from a platform alongside by running obliquely over an auxiliary or loading wagon provided with side gangways, the vehicle passing from the loading wagon to the carrying wagon over end gangways or bridging pieces. A loading wagon may be provided coupled at each end of a train of railway wagons, or more than two loading wagons may be employed. As shown, the loading wagon 1, Fig. 1, and the carrying wagon 2 are fitted with single-track bridges 3<a>, 3<a>, and 3b, 3b at diagonally opposite corners with sliding or pivotal connections. Vertical roller guides 31, and horizontal rails 32 between the two gangways of adjacent wagons, are provided for safety. The side gangways or ramps may have a sliding connection (not illustrated) with the loading wagon with freedom for horizontal movement perpendicular to the track and for movement up and down, and there may be one, two or more of these ramps along the side of the loading wagon. As shown, the side gangway is formed of a series of narrow ramps 4 formed of sheet metal with strengthening ribs 5 and an upstanding edge 7. The ramps 4 are pivoted at 8 in links 10 which are pivoted on the wagon at 11. When the ramps 4 are lowered on to the platform as shown at the right of Fig. 2, one end is supported on brackets 9 on the wagon. As shown, the ramps are moved to or from their working position by hand, and adjacent ramps are connected by links 40, Fig. 3, or by chains, so that they move in succession and the weight of one is used to assist in raising another. The upstanding edges 7 of the gangways not in use form a guard to prevent the vehicle wheels overrunning the side of the loading wagon. The carrying wagons 2 may be fitted with flanged runways 15 for the vehicle wheels and these runways may be free to move longitudinally against the resistance of friction brakes or of hydraulic dampers 41. The vehicle wheels may be secured to the carrying wagons during transport by their slings. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 comprises also the following subject-matter. The railway wagon is provided with one or more turntable platforms c, Fig. la, pivoted at d, supported at k and operated by handgear j so that the road-vehicle may be run obliquely on to the wagon from a loading platform alongside. Means for securing the vehicle on the wagon during transport comprises chocks 29, Fig. 5<a>, with hooks 30 for securing chain slings 17 over the tyres. Another securing device, Fig. 6<a>, comprises hooked arms 33 which are placed over the tyre and are drawn inwards in a guide frame 31 by a handactuated pinion 35 engaging rack teeth 33<a>. The guide frame 31 is secured to the wagon by links 32 pivoted on blocks 32<a> which can slide along a rail 16 and are held by pawls engaging teetn 38 or by wedges &c. Alternatively, the links 32 may be connected with the vehicle axles. A road-vehicle may also be run on to a railway wagon from a platform alongside by making use of an auxiliary railway wagon 1, Fig. 8<a>, provided with a sectional gangway 4 at the side and a rollerway 25 which is curved in plan and may be flat or concave in transverse section ; the roller-way may be pivoted at 26. As shown in Fig. 9<a>, the roller-way may have edges 25<1> provided with rollers for guiding the road-vehicle along the curved path independently of its steering wheels. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.